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The First Post
Ahem.
Well, let me start off by saying that no, Briar Rosethorn is obviously not my legal name. It's my Wiccan name and for the sake of this blog, that will be the only name I refer to myself as. If you must shorten it, please use the name Rosethorn instead of Briar.
Unlike most teenagers my age, my life really isn't full of all that much drama. The situation that happened to me recently and is currently dying down was a rare occurance. I tend not to get caught up in who is dating who, boyfriends, catty fights with girlfriends and constant bickering with parents etc, etc. My life consists of school work, my religious faith and the computer. You may interpret that to be sad, geeky or whatever. I really don't care.
Hmmm... now to talk about what is currently going on with me and actually make it sound interesting. Quite a daunting task. Well, one thing I am very excited about is my audition on Monday.
The audition is for the Sears Drama Festival. It's a provincial competition that's sponsored by Sears and a bunch of high schools in the province compete to win the festival. It's very competitive and my school is one of hundreds that compete every year. Usually, we have a student write the script rather than redoing an existing one because that gets boring and there's no originality involved in it. Plus we don't have the money to pay the royalties if we were to do a major production such as Grease or Phantom of the Opera. There are over 30 people auditioning for roles this year and only about 10 spots so it's going to be tough.
I'm auditioning for the role of the bossy drill sergeant. Once you all get to know me a little better, you'll see that this role is perfect for me. We need to prepare and perfrm a monologue that is no more than one minute in length and use it for our audition. The monologue needs to showcase the characterization of the role we're shooting for. I chose a speech from St. Joan by Bernard Shaw to use. I finally have it memorized and I'm just working on the tone and blocking for Monday. I'll write it here, it's a good monologue.
"Ah! If, if, if, if! If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no need of tinkers! I tell you, Bastard, your art of war is no use, because your knights are no good at real fighting! War is just a game to them, like tennis and all their other games, they make rules as to what is fair and what is not fair, and heap armour on themselves and their poor horses to keep out the arrows, and when they fall they can't get up and have to wait for their squires to come and lift them to arrange about the ransom with the man that has poked them off their horse. Can't you see all the like of that is gone by and done with? What use is armour against gunpowder? And if it was, do you think men that are fighting for France and for God will stop to bargain about ransoms as have your knights live by doing? No, they will fight to win and they will give up their lives out of their own hands into the hands of God when they go into battle, as I do. Common folks understand this. They cannot afford armour and pay ransoms, but they followed me half-naked into the moat, up the ladder and over the wall! With them, it is my life or thine and God defend the right! You may shake your head, Jack, and Bluebeard may twirl his billygoat's beard and cock his nose at me, but remember the day your knights and captains refused to follow me to attack the English at Orleans! You locked the gates to keep me in and it was the townsfolk and the common people who followed me, and forced the gates and shewed you the way to fight in earnest!"
It took me two or three days to memorize this completely but it's such a relief to have it done now. I just hope it's good enough to land me a spot. I really need this to give me something to do after school. There's only so much time a person can spend in front of a computer before they become sick of it. I want to get out and do something, I want to talk to people and have some fun while doing it. That's why I'm really working my ass off to pull this off. I love to act and I really think I have a good chance at this. I think the fact that I typed that entire monologue completely from memory should count for something.
Actually, if I get this part, I'm going to have to thank Chris for it. Without his help, I'd be clueless. Chris is this guy at my school is a brilliant actor and also one of the writers for this year's production. I went to him and asked him for help because I hadn't acted in over a year and I was rusty (why I stopped acting for a year is a different story). He was kind enough to tell me to do a monologue from St. Joan. He said I read her character really well in Literature class and that I'd do well with it. I took his advice and now I'm feeling really confident so now I'm going to have to give him all the credit and thanks if I land the part. He's a really nice guy to go out of his way to help me out like that even though he doesn't know me all that well. He even drove me home after the first meeting because I didn't have a ride. Thanks a million, Chris!
Well, that's by far the most exciting thing going on with me right now. I should be working on an English assignment but I'm terrible for procrastinating and leave everything to the last minute. Anyway, I'll leave it here for now. My fingers are hurting from hacking away at the keyboard for so long.
Well, let me start off by saying that no, Briar Rosethorn is obviously not my legal name. It's my Wiccan name and for the sake of this blog, that will be the only name I refer to myself as. If you must shorten it, please use the name Rosethorn instead of Briar.
Unlike most teenagers my age, my life really isn't full of all that much drama. The situation that happened to me recently and is currently dying down was a rare occurance. I tend not to get caught up in who is dating who, boyfriends, catty fights with girlfriends and constant bickering with parents etc, etc. My life consists of school work, my religious faith and the computer. You may interpret that to be sad, geeky or whatever. I really don't care.
Hmmm... now to talk about what is currently going on with me and actually make it sound interesting. Quite a daunting task. Well, one thing I am very excited about is my audition on Monday.
The audition is for the Sears Drama Festival. It's a provincial competition that's sponsored by Sears and a bunch of high schools in the province compete to win the festival. It's very competitive and my school is one of hundreds that compete every year. Usually, we have a student write the script rather than redoing an existing one because that gets boring and there's no originality involved in it. Plus we don't have the money to pay the royalties if we were to do a major production such as Grease or Phantom of the Opera. There are over 30 people auditioning for roles this year and only about 10 spots so it's going to be tough.
I'm auditioning for the role of the bossy drill sergeant. Once you all get to know me a little better, you'll see that this role is perfect for me. We need to prepare and perfrm a monologue that is no more than one minute in length and use it for our audition. The monologue needs to showcase the characterization of the role we're shooting for. I chose a speech from St. Joan by Bernard Shaw to use. I finally have it memorized and I'm just working on the tone and blocking for Monday. I'll write it here, it's a good monologue.
"Ah! If, if, if, if! If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no need of tinkers! I tell you, Bastard, your art of war is no use, because your knights are no good at real fighting! War is just a game to them, like tennis and all their other games, they make rules as to what is fair and what is not fair, and heap armour on themselves and their poor horses to keep out the arrows, and when they fall they can't get up and have to wait for their squires to come and lift them to arrange about the ransom with the man that has poked them off their horse. Can't you see all the like of that is gone by and done with? What use is armour against gunpowder? And if it was, do you think men that are fighting for France and for God will stop to bargain about ransoms as have your knights live by doing? No, they will fight to win and they will give up their lives out of their own hands into the hands of God when they go into battle, as I do. Common folks understand this. They cannot afford armour and pay ransoms, but they followed me half-naked into the moat, up the ladder and over the wall! With them, it is my life or thine and God defend the right! You may shake your head, Jack, and Bluebeard may twirl his billygoat's beard and cock his nose at me, but remember the day your knights and captains refused to follow me to attack the English at Orleans! You locked the gates to keep me in and it was the townsfolk and the common people who followed me, and forced the gates and shewed you the way to fight in earnest!"
It took me two or three days to memorize this completely but it's such a relief to have it done now. I just hope it's good enough to land me a spot. I really need this to give me something to do after school. There's only so much time a person can spend in front of a computer before they become sick of it. I want to get out and do something, I want to talk to people and have some fun while doing it. That's why I'm really working my ass off to pull this off. I love to act and I really think I have a good chance at this. I think the fact that I typed that entire monologue completely from memory should count for something.
Actually, if I get this part, I'm going to have to thank Chris for it. Without his help, I'd be clueless. Chris is this guy at my school is a brilliant actor and also one of the writers for this year's production. I went to him and asked him for help because I hadn't acted in over a year and I was rusty (why I stopped acting for a year is a different story). He was kind enough to tell me to do a monologue from St. Joan. He said I read her character really well in Literature class and that I'd do well with it. I took his advice and now I'm feeling really confident so now I'm going to have to give him all the credit and thanks if I land the part. He's a really nice guy to go out of his way to help me out like that even though he doesn't know me all that well. He even drove me home after the first meeting because I didn't have a ride. Thanks a million, Chris!
Well, that's by far the most exciting thing going on with me right now. I should be working on an English assignment but I'm terrible for procrastinating and leave everything to the last minute. Anyway, I'll leave it here for now. My fingers are hurting from hacking away at the keyboard for so long.
